Aargh!!
I've spent *weeks* trial factoring some of those, time which could have been
better spent in ECMNET.
Unhappy.
Ah well, it's going to have to wait. I've got other things to do. In the
meantime, I'll just stop the programs.
Paul
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eric Hahn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 20 December 1999 17:52
> To: George Woltman
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Mersenne: high factoring bug in prime95
>
>
> George Woltman wrote:
>
> > This is primarily directed at the 4 or 5 users dedicated to
> >factoring exponents above 35 million. Prime95 version 19.1 has a
> >bug that causes it to miss some factors for these large exponents.
> >If you are one of the 4 or 5 affected users, please download
> >version 19.2 to fix the problem.
>
> One ugly fact about this too... exponents already tested above
> 35.79M may need to be re-tested!
>
> Within 10 seconds of starting v19.2, two new small factors
> were found for exponents already tested and found to have
> factors (just not that small)... Six new smaller factors were
> found testing just 24 exponents previously tested that had
> factors. And for exponents that have had no factors found
> yet, there might be a smaller one that wasn't discovered :(
>
> Eric Hahn
>
>
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